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ISRAEL PLANEJA COMPRAR TREINADORES

Fonte: Aerobusiness

O Governo de Israel anunciou a intenção de comprar 25 treinadores turbo-hélice Hawker Beechcraft T-6A "Texan II", num contrato de US$ 190 milhões que inclui também equipamentos de apoio em terra e serviços de manutenção. As aeronaves são semelhantes ao modelo em uso nos Estados Unidos.


Israel Requests Delivery of 25 U.S. T-6A Texan II Trainers. Photo: U.S. Air Force

Fonte: defense-update.com & defenseindustrydaily.com

Israel submitted formal request to procure 25 T-6A Texan II trainer aircraft to replace its current fleet of Zukit trainers. Zukit, a locally assembled version of the French designed Potez CM 170 Magister, entered service with the Israel Air Force in the mid 1960s. The IAF is seeking replacement for these trainers for many years, but so far failed to promote this program, which competed for scarcely available resources. According to IAF plans, training activities will be shifted to privately financed (PFI), where contractors will be paid for flight hours, and bear all fleet maintenance and logistics costs. Weather the current request is part of such PFI is not clear yet. The total value of this program, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $190 million.